More and more young people are submitting applications to AU's IT and engineering degree programmes, and there is a general increase in applications across the university's four faculties, according to the final statement relating to quota 2 applications.

2018.04.03 | Camilla Schrøder

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This year, Aarhus University is once again seeing an increase in the number of quota 2 applications to IT and engineering degree programmes. This positive development is apparent across all of AU's six IT degree programmes, which have received a total of 612 applications. 250 of these are first-choice applications, representing an increase of 9 per cent compared with 2017. A total of 976 applications have been received for AU's 15 engineering degree programmes starting in the summer. Of these, 448 are first-choice applications – an increase of 8 per cent compared with last year.

In the technological field, computer Science, biotechnology, and the biochemistry Bachelor of Engineering degree programme in particular have received more quota 2 applications this year.

An average grade of at least 7 and at least 7.0 in Mathematics A has been introduced as a requirement for admission in quota 1 for two of the IT degree programmes, and this may explain some of the quota 2 increase, but it does not account for all of it.

All four faculties have seen increases in numbers of applications to some extent this year. 14,866 applications were received in total, of which 5,599 selected an Aarhus University degree programme as their first choice priority – 8 per cent more than last year.  

Aarhus BSS accounts for 35 per cent of all first-choice applications, with increases in psychology, law and marketing and management communication.

Anthropology, media studies and education science account for much of the increase in respect of humanities degree programmes.

Medicine has seen a 10 per cent increase in first-choice applications, with increases in public health science (25 per cent) and sport science (18 per cent) as well.

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